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NV PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHIE?, WASHINGTONy D C4 NITHD STATES PATENTOFFICE.

J. HENRY J ENN INGS, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPRovi-:D FLY AND MosQUlTo BAR.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,149, dated March 13,1866.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN H. JEN-NINGs, of New Bedford, in the county ot'Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a Portable Fly andMosquito Bar; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in an elastic bowfrarne, with braces similar tothebows and braces ot' a carriage top, covered with mosquito-bar netting orsimilar material, and de signed to be worn over the head.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview with the bows and braces folded to render it portable. Fig. 8 is aview of the frame and braces with the netting removed.

Fig. 1: A is the netting secured to the bows B B B B. C G U C are bracessecured in hinge-joints to B B B at d d d. D D D are metallic buttons,the heads of which are nattened like the heads ot thumb-screws, so theymay be inserted through the apertures in the braces. E E arehinge-joints. F is an elastic ribbon with a button-hole at c. b is atape-bar secured to B, Snc., at E E, and prevents the bows fromspreading. Gr is a i'rill to prevent the insects from getting under thebar.

Fig. 2: A2 the netting shown by A in Fig. l; B2, &c., the bows 5 G2,&c., the braces 5 D2,

Ste., the apertures through which the attened heads of the buttons areinserted, (see D',

85e., Fig. 1.) E2 E2 are joints, (shown by E in Fig. 1;) F2, elastic;G2, frill; n.2, button-hole in elastic; b2, tape; c2, hinge-joint; d2,buttons.

Fig. 3: B2, 86e., bows; G3, braces, D3, buttous; E3, joints, zc.

The portable ily and mosquito bar herein described, being constructed asshown in Fig. 1, with bows and braces adjusted and secured in theirproper places, as also shown, and affixed over the head and secured tothe wardrobe by means ot' the elastic, its novelty and utility will beapparent without any further specification.

I do not confine my invention to any pai'- ticular size or to wearing'it over the head as herein specified. It may be constructed sut'-ficiently large to cover a hed or cradle or sut'- ciently small to beworn ou the hands. Neither do I confine it to securing the braces withbuttons. They may besecured in pockets at either end, or in any otherpractical manner. Neither do l claim or desire to-claim any devicepreviously invented or patented for mosquito-bar; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A portable hinged and fold-up fly and mosquito bar guard or net,composed ofthe bows, bars, hinges, and fastenings, constructedsubstant-ially as and for the purpose herein set forth and described.

' J. HENRY JENNINGS.

Witnesses: v

' TH. E. M. WHITE,

OzRo. H. PARKER.

